Thursday 5th April 2012: Mindfulness

What a fabulous day at work: participating in a mindfulness seminar based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programme. A consultant psychiatrist from Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow came to talk about an 8 week course he runs for depressed patients. We also sampled some of the activities - a body scanning and a compassion exercise which were so relaxing. So I personally got a lot out of it but I really went for work related purposes (honest): thinking how we could utilise some of the activities to help reduce stress amongst staff as part of my healthy working lives role…honest.